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TJ Botsford
TJ
Name TJ Botsford
A/K/A The Homerun King (temporary superhero identity)
Gender Male
Age 7 (initially)
At least 8 (current)[1]
Occupation Student
Alignment Good
Homeland Fair City
Race Human
Friends Violet Heaslip (Presumably friends, at least in "Pretty Princess Premiere"), Johnson, Victor Best
Family Becky Botsford (adopted sister)
Sally Botsford (mother)
Tim Botsford (father)
Bampy Botsford (paternal grandfather)
Grandma Botsford (paternal grandmother)
Sally's father (maternal grandfather)
Sally's mother (maternal grandmother)
Great Great Grandpa Botsford (paternal 3x great-great-grandfather)
Great Great Grandma Botsford (paternal 3x great-great-grandmother)
Great Grandpa Botsford (paternal 2x great-grandfather)
Great Grandma Botsford (paternal 2x great-grandmother)
Mr. Botsford (paternal 2x great-uncle)
Ms. Botsford (paternal 2x great-aunt)
Abilities Extensive knowledge of WordGirl, baseball
Voice Actor Tom Kenny

TJ Botsford is the biological son of Tim and Sally Botsford and Becky's adoptive younger brother.

Abilities[]

Though he for the most part appears to be a normal human, in the episode "The Good, The Bad, And The Chucky" during a game of hide and seek with Becky and Violet, he exhibits the ability to camouflage perfectly into surroundings, indicating that he may possess some kind of latent mutant ability.

Appearance[]

TJ is 7-8 years old. He usually wears a greyish white T-shirt with red lines on his sleeves and collar, and blue jeans. He has short brown crew cut hair and freckles (unlike his parents and his sister).

Personality[]

TJ is shown to be stubborn and somewhat mean and annoying to Becky, as some siblings are. However, he is also shown to respect and look up to her. He has been described as a nuisance, as in the episode "Slumber Party Pooper", he annoys and interrupts Becky's slumber party. TJ also has a soft side, especially towards WordGirl and her favorite TV show, "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour".

He is WordGirl's biggest fan and is completely obsessed with her. He is also the president of the WordGirl Fan Club and has most of her merchandise. TJ may have some romantic feelings for her (like Tobey) as seen in the episode "Cherish is the Word" where he brings her a heart-shaped valentine card.Although TJ's feelings for WordGirl are fan based instead of romantic.

TJ plays for a baseball team whose mascot is an octopus.

History[]

TJ Bostford was born to Tim and Sally sometime after they found Becky. He grew up to love and idolize WordGirl, and would always support her even if the rest of the city didn't, as shown in the episodes "Down with Word Up" and "Two-Brains Forgets". The only times he rejects her are when he finds out she is Becky, though this is cancelled by Dr. Two-Brains' amnesia ray. And in the episode "I Think I'm a Clone Now", he thinks WordGirl is committing crimes thanks to Lady Redundant Woman, but he returns to his love for WordGirl after Lady Redundant Woman is found out and arrested.

Home Run King[]

Home run king

T.J as the Home Run King

TJ is very good at baseball and plays for a team whose mascot is an octopus with a headband on and holding a baseball bat. At one time, TJ hits a homerun which goes out of the park, accidently hitting The Amazing Rope Guy, stopping him from getting away with a bag of jewelry. The shop owner is extremely grateful and thanks TJ. Someone dubbed him the "The Home Run King", and the whole city caught on. The next day, the newspaper announed that TJ was offically known as "The Home Run King", and TJ made himself a costume by wearing crown with pictures of hot-dog knights over his baseball uniform. Later that day, TJ is given a key to the city by The Mayor (much to Becky's chagrin), and is declared the city's new protector. He is also given the bat signal, which would be shone into the sky whenever there was trouble. TJ is then allowed to play video games and eat doughnuts all day, claiming that doughnuts gave him his extraordinary strength, and he had to sit by the window to watch for the bat signal (but he still had to go to school). The bat signal does eventually appear in the sky later that day, and TJ rushes to the rescue. He finds Dr. Two-Brains holding the Mayor hostage, and tries to stop him by hitting a baseball at him. Unfortunately, it doesn't do anything, and TJ is tied up too. Fortunately, WordGirl arrives just in time and saves the day. TJ realizes that he really isn't a superhero and decides to give up crime fighting. The Mayor then reclaims WordGirl as the city's protector, and TJ has never become a superhero again.

Relationships[]

Becky[]

TJ and Becky have a typical sibling relationship. He often annoys her by interfering with her activities, and occasionally her superhero duties (though not to his knowledge). He thinks of her of nerdy and uncool, but doesn't hate her. He shows regret for upsetting her, such as when he accidentally breaks one of her unicorn figures in the episode "Chuck's Brother". There are also times when he goes out of his way to help her, like asking the bus driver to wait for her when Becky is running late.

Sally[]

TJ and his mother don't seem to spend much time alone together, but they do participate in group activities such as family outings often. When they do interact, they're usually friendly. The one exception to this is "The Rise of Miss Power". He disrespects Sally by disagreeing with her in a rude way and then laughing at her.

Tim[]

TJ and his father appear to be close. Tim often gives TJ very honest advice. He's more patient with him than anybody else, and affectionately refers to him by the nickname 'sport'. They even go on a camping trip together.

Johnson[]

Johnson displays an immense adoration of TJ, so much so that he often mimics him. In "Best Fan Club Meeting Ever" he can be seen wearing a shirt with TJ's face on it. He became extremely sad when TJ began focusing all of his attention on Chazz. Although the subject hasn't been directly addressed in the show, Liz Breen, writer and associate producer of WordGirl, has confirmed that they are a couple.

Chazz[]

TJ was enthralled by Chazz when he moved to town. He thought he was cool and tried to gain his approval by imitating him. Eventually he realized Chazz wasn't someone he should model himself after because he tried to make him misbehave for the sake of other people's approval. He no longer is interested in being his friend.

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Season 1 Tobey or Consequences High-Fat Robbery You Can't Crush City Hall Two-Brain Highway Coupon Madness When Life Gives You Potatoes… Jerky Jerk Becky's Birthday Chuck! Down With Word Up Book Ends Mr. Big Super-Grounded Mouse Army Tobey's Masterpiece Chuck the Nice Pencil Selling Guy The Birthday Girl Granny-Sitter Shrinkin' in the Ray Department Store Tobey Mr. Big's Big Plan Vocab Bee Chuck E. Sneeze Swap Meat Granny's Goodtime All-Cure Spritzer Mecha-Mouse Princess Triana and the Ogre of Castlebum Heat Wave, Crime Wave Meat with a Side of Cute Mr. Big Words Thorn in the Sidekick Crime Takes a Holiday Two Brains Forgets Banned on the Run Have You Seen the Remote? Sidekicked to the Curb Lady Redundant Woman A Game of Cat and Mouse The Masked Meat Marauder Sandwich World Violet Superhero Big Business The Handsome Panther The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker Mousezilla Villain School The Return of the Reprise of Lady Redundant Woman A Simple Plan Granny Mayor Tobey Goes Good Bongo Rock Dr. Three-Brains
Season 2 A Vote For Becky Class Act The Two Brains Boogie Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey Slumber Party Pooper Line Lessons with Lady Redundant Woman Mr. Big's Dolls and Dollars Great Granny May Theme Park WHAMpage Chuck Makes a Buck Highway to Havarti Tiny Big I Think I'm a Clone Now Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff Bonkers for Bingo The Ballad of Steve McClean Pretty Princess Premiere Where's Huggy? Robo-Camping The Stew, The Proud Who Wants Candy? Chuck's Brother Becky and the Bard Monkey-Robot Showdown The Wrong Side of the Law Two Brains' Quartet Big's Big Bounce The Young and the Meatless Mr. Big's Mini-Golf Nocan the Contrarian Meat My Dad Tobey's Tricks and Treats Escape Wham Who is Ms. Question? Lunch Lady Chuck Oh, Holiday Cheese Ch-ch-ch-Change Day WordGirl Makes a Mistake Earth Day Girl A Hero, A Thief, A Store, and Its Owner Opposite Day Granny's Book Club Wham Up Seeds of Doubt Wishful Thinking Lady Redundant Woman Gets the Blues Win a Shiny New Car The People vs. Ms. Question Oh, What a Tangled Rope You Tie, Amazing Rope Guy Kids Action News
Season 3 Bummertime The Home Run King Granny and Clyde Too Loud Crew The Invisi-Bill Hand Birthday Town The Pretty Princess and Mr. Big Power Hour Clean Up in Aisle Eleven When Chuck's Mom Is Away... That's Entertainment Victoria Best Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout Captain Tangent Chuck and Brent Ride Again Bend It Like Becky Questionable Behavior Bampy Battles Bots Truth, Revision, and the Lexicon Way Cherish is the Word Granny's Intuition The Straw That Broke Two Brains' Back Nocan the Evil Ingredient Finding Guy Meat-Life Crisis Mobot Knows Best A Better Mousetrap
Season 4 Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers Seymour... Right After This The Fill-In Word (Hicc)Up! Mouse Brain Take-Over Leslie Makes It Big Chuck with a Sidekick of Brent Yarn-4-Gold Whammer Anniversary Rat Trap WordGirl and Bobbleboy Crime in the Key of V Where Have All the Villains Gone? Captain Tangent Returns A World Without WordGirl Have Snob, Will Travel Tobey's Playground Calamity The Learnerer Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam The Birthday Girl's Monstrous Gift Hal the Haggler Wordbot Mount Rushhere Road Rage, Anger, and Fury By Jove, You've Wrecked My Robot
Season 5 Seize the Cheese Ms. Question's Riddle Rampage The Meaty Dimension The Case of the Copied Mrs. Botsford The Good, The Bad, And The Chucky Granny's Pet Plan Hard-Learned Money Gift Pony Scary with a Side of Butter Talent Show Tobey Don't Mess with the Best Peanut Butter Battles Hello New Year, Goodbye Moon Art in the Park Plain Old Mischief Makers House Arrest Monkey Business Say it Again, Eileen Best Fan Club Meeting Ever Day at the Museum Who's Your Granny? Win a Day with WordGirl Dinner or Consequences Father's Day Dance-a-thon Big is Botsford's Boss
Season 6 Who Wants to Get Rid of WordGirl? The Talented Mr. Birg One Last Sandwich Caper or Plastic? Tell Her What She's Won! Victoria is the Best... WordGirl? High-Five Sandwich The Robot Problem Of Two Minds Yes Monkey The Rise of Miss Power Invasion of the Bunny Lovers Big and Brent Silence of the Whams Dr. Two Brains, Mr. Cheese Kitty Cat Criminals A Questionable Pair All That Chazz Fortune Crookie Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime Go Gadget Go Emergency Plan 999
Season 7 Kid Math A Few Words From WordGirl Ears To You El Queso Mysterioso Putt With Honor It's Your Party and I'll Cry if I Want To Becky's Bad-itude First One to Win Wins A Little Bigger WordGirl Guess Who's Coming To Thanksgiving Dinner Judging Butcher A Curious Case of Curiosity There's No V in Team Sparkling Clean The Smile Collector My Dad, My Teacher, My Dad, My Teacher The Power of Whamship Royally Framed WordGirl vs. Tobey vs. The Dentist Accordion Tradition Can't Touch This Backyard Camping Castle! Dungeon! Fortress! So? News Girl Diorama Drama: The Scene of the Crime
Season 8 Patch Game Girls Day Out Throws Chuck A Sticky Situation Eight Legs Vs. Two-Brains World's Best Dad The Good Old, Bad Old Days What Would WordGirl Do Granny's Corner Pineapple of My Eye Big Baby Staycation Dr. No-Voice Trustworthy Tobey The Tooth Hurts Time-Out with Two-Brains Dr. WordGirl-Brains Becky Knows Best As Something as Something The Ordinary, Extraordinary Botsfords The Penny, the Pony, and the Pirate Tim Botsford: Neighborhood Assistant Set Sail for the Bake Sale The Best of the Bests Art's Parts Rhyme and Reason

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